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Gareth Bacon vs Liz Kendall

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Liz Kendall voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 901 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 874 different votes 901 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
17 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
73 Aye 37 No
Migration 3% aligned 110 shared votes
34 Aye 76 No
60 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 105 shared votes
43 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
64.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,438
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,356 eligible divisions
705
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
870
57.3 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
648
42.7 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
45
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 649
60
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Contributions
566
+431.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Benefits
62 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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